The blaugrana offered an exhibition of offensive football in an excellent first half
The connection between Pedri and Lewandowski was the best news before the break
Barça played a first half in which they began to exhibit before their fans everything that they had intuited during the tour of the United States. The Blaugrana went towards the goal defended by Pumas from the first minutewithout looking back, in that way that the Camp Nou likes so much.
The best thing about the first half, beyond the goals, was seeing how they understood each other Pedri and Lewandowski, two players who speak the same language and who proved to have a special ‘feeling’ on the pitch. The man from Tenerife scored two goals from a pass from the Pole and the Pole scored from a pass from his teammate.
But it was the whole team that performed at a high level.
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Ter Stegen, goalkeeper
Unalterable
Difficult to assess the German’s match when Pumas did not even approach the area’s surroundings. He played more with his feet than with his hands, although he had to intervene after half an hour and sent for a corner. He is always there, without disheveled.
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Sergio Roberto, defender
Brave
Always questioned insistently, when he steps on the grass, everything happens. He will not shine like those who should, he will not be on the cover, but he is a footballer that you always want to have on your team. He started from behind, but he was seen in the box like there was no tomorrow.
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Ronald Araujo, defender
Marshal
It is a fort. Located in the center of defense or on the wing. It doesn’t matter where you put him and he doesn’t care about the rival because the Uruguayan is one of those footballers who don’t understand friends. Or all or nothing.
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Eric Garcia, defender
solidified
Give him five matches and he’ll move the world. The central, without noise, without a word louder than the other, with that beard looking to seem ‘bad’, is consolidating in the central axis. The play of the fourth goal began.
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Alejandro Balde, defender
irreducible
Starting by Xavi’s decision in the first game of the season at the Camp Nou, the left-back didn’t even have time to think. He took the match as if it were official because it is the only way to not give up, to shout that he deserves a chance.
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Sergio Busquets, midfielder
enjoyment
He was seen smiling when his companions were mischievous. Sergio is the axis of everything, but he prefers to go missing. That is his role and the best proof that the team works like clockwork.
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Gavi, midfielder
Omnipresent
Perhaps it did not appear in the photos of the goals, but the work that the youth squad did in the first half is one of those that are shown in the highlights of those who see beyond the highlights. He saw a yellow, precisely, for being plugged in beyond the marker.
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Pedro, midfielder
Conjurer
Assistance, after two minutes, for Lewandowski. Goal, after three minutes, after assistance from Lewandowski. Where is the ball? Pedro has it.
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Dembele, striker
Reborn
The preseason that the Frenchman is doing is that of a footballer who has turned the page on everything that did not allow him to advance. Liberated, cheerful, smiling and, above all, relentless, Ousmane is ready to shine.
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Robert Lewandowski, forward
NINE
Robert waited to wear the number that bears his name to debut as a Blaugrana. What to dial with the number 12 did not touch. Forms must be maintained. With all of you, Barça’s ‘9’… Assists, elegance, goals, sticks… It was worth the wait.
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Raphinha, forward
Snake
It creeps down the right wing and, suddenly, it does so on the left. He does not care where he does it because he always injects his poison into the rival defenses. Player of those who convince the Camp Nou with two moves.